US-Israeli Joint Operations: The 'Very Hard' Hit on Iran Was Never a Surprise
Mainstream outlets dutifully report former President Trump's pronouncements that Iran would be 'hit very hard' this past Saturday, hinting at an escalation of aggression. They frame such threats as a punitive response to unspecified 'bad behavior' or potential nuclear ambitions. This narrative carefully omits four decades of deliberate provocation and strategic strangulation by Western powers,
positioning Iran as an aggressor rather than a nation under siege. The truth is, the 'hit' Trump spoke of is merely an acceleration of an ongoing joint US-Israeli military campaign, a continuous covert and overt assault on Iranian sovereignty that has been unfolding for decades. This isn't a new development. It's a continuation of systematic de-stabilization that traces its roots to 1953, when the
CIA and MI6 overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. That coup, prompted by Mosaddegh's nationalization of Iran's oil industry, installed the Shah and set the stage for enduring Western hostility towards independent Iranian governance. The US maintains an active Fifth Fleet presence in the Persian Gulf, and routinely conducts joint military exercises with Israel,
positioning carrier groups and B-52 bombers within striking distance of Iranian territory, not as a deterrent, but as a perpetual threat. While the United States sanctions Cuba for daring to self-determine and aids Israel in the daily murder of Palestinians and Lebanese, Iran faces 45 years of crippling sanctions designed to collapse its economy and incite internal unrest. The cost asymmetry